Historic Earhart flight emulated

AUSTIN - A Texas businesswoman and aviator who is retracing the flight of the legendary Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic …

AUSTIN - A Texas businesswoman and aviator who is retracing the flight of the legendary Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic Ocean, touched down yesterday in Dakar, Senegal, a spokeswoman said.

The Atlantic crossing - from Natal, Brazil, to Dakar - took Ms Linda Finch nearly 13 hours aboard her 1935 Lockheed Electra IOE, the same model used by Earhart in 1937.

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